"Screech!"
In an instant, the Thunder Roc beneath Xiu's feet let out a cry, its sharp claws crackling with blue lightning.
Its eyes flashed, and a talon condensed from lightning shot out, charging towards the darkness ahead.
Simultaneously, a light-element contracted spirit beside it unleashed a skill.
A beam of golden light surged forth, merging with the lightning talon.
The combined skill of lightning and light instantly amplified its power significantly!
*Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—*
Fierce cutting sounds ensued, making one's scalp tingle.
The lightning talon swung repeatedly, its own light gradually dimming, but it also tore open a corner of the darkness ahead.
"Roar, roar!"
Two other contracted spirits quickly unleashed their skills, finally widening the rift ahead.
Xiu and his five contracted spirits successfully broke through.
His vision cleared, and he found himself back in the dark forest.
Ahead, Chen Shu and Liu Feng were looking at him with mocking smiles.
However, Xiu ignored the two and instead looked at a figure standing in front of them.
His expression was icy, and a mysterious aura spread out, causing even his five King-grade contracted spirits to flinch from its gaze!
It was the legendary Dark Element Spirit!
"China's Dark King..."
Xiu's expression was grim. As he had feared, the worst had happened...
"I have two things to say..."
*Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!*
Instantly, countless shadow blades appeared in the surrounding night.
"Damn it!"
Xiu cursed, quickly ordering his contracted spirits to unleash skills to counter.
*Boom, boom—*
All skills were sliced apart by the shadow blades and plunged into the contracted spirits' bodies.
In the first exchange, Xiu's four contracted spirits were all injured!
The gap between King-grade and Legendary-grade was immense!
"Kill me, and China will truly be at odds with the Church of Salvation..."
Xiu spoke, hoping to buy himself a sliver of survival!
The Dark King's eyes flashed with dark light, and the surrounding night surged, reforming into a barrier, sealing his escape route.
Clearly, his stance had been made.
"Good! Good!"
Xiu's gaze turned cold. Even in a desperate situation, he did not forget.
*Boom, boom, boom—*
Instantly, his four contracted spirits roared to the sky, unleashing various high-power skills!
The Dark King remained unfazed, waving his right hand.
A dark barrier appeared, blocking the path.
But at that moment, the Dark King's expression shifted, as if he sensed something. He turned his head and looked towards Liu Feng.
"Hmm? Dark King..."
Liu Feng was slightly startled, not understanding what had happened.
But at that moment, a wisp of darkness struck, instantly entering Liu Feng's mouth.
"You?!"
Chen Shu's eyes narrowed, and he immediately released his contracted spirits, pointing them directly at the Dark King ahead.
"Silence!"
The Dark King's eyes flashed, and several dark chains appeared, temporarily controlling Chen Shu's contracted spirits.
His expression was serious, and he focused intently on Liu Feng, as if fully controlling his skill.
After a moment, Liu Feng's mouth was forced open.
A wisp of black energy slowly emerged, enclosing a small thunder bead within, emanating terrifying power.
"Cough... cough..."
Liu Feng bent over, coughing loudly.
"Thank you... Dark King..."
"Huh? This guy is that insidious?!"
Chen Shu's eyes widened. He immediately understood.
Liu Feng had unknowingly been implanted with a lightning skill.
Even if Chen Shu could save him, Xiu only needed to activate the skill to kill them both.
The Dark King withdrew his restraint on Chen Shu and looked ahead.
He saw that another opening had been torn in his dark barrier, and Xiu had already fled.
"Trying to escape?"
The Dark King muttered, his body transforming into a mass of darkness and merging with the environment.
"Aside from that Feather, none of the Archbishops are easy to deal with."
Chen Shu frowned, not expecting Xiu to escape.
He looked at Liu Feng and asked, "Teacher Liu, are you alright?"
"I... I'm fine..."
Liu Feng waved his hand, his eyes filled with relief.
"Good, let's go see the commotion!"
Chen Shu grinned and immediately took Liu Feng, riding the Slime towards the depths of the space.
He still had the system's guidance and didn't have to worry about losing the trail.
Half an hour later,
In a clearing within the Dark Forest,
Xiu, riding the battered Thunder Roc, flew in unsteadily.
Upon seeing the clearing, his face showed a hint of relief at surviving.
At this moment, only three contracted spirits remained by Xiu's side.
The other two contracted spirits had died resisting the Dark King...
But as long as he was alive, it was all worth it!
Just then, he took out a colorless bead and suddenly crushed it.
As the bead shattered, spatial fluctuations appeared in the clearing.
In an instant, a small spatial通道formed, connecting to an unknown location on Blue Star.
"The plan failed?"
From within the通道, another black-robed figure calmly emerged.
On his shoulder was a small black beast, its eyes constantly emitting light, maintaining the spatial通道.
But the moment he poked his head out, his expression drastically changed!
"You bastard, you're trying to kill me?!"
The black-robed figure roared and promptly retreated back into the spatial通道, his movements fluid and natural, as if it were instinctual.
*Sizzle, sizzle—*
A large amount of darkness surged, flowing towards the spatial通道like a tide.
"Roar!"
A miserable roar was heard from beyond the通道, and then the entire通道was forcefully torn apart by the darkness!
"What a shame..."
In an instant, the darkness surged and reformed into the Dark King's body!
"You did that on purpose?!"
Xiu cried out in shock and anger, despair flashing across his face.
He hadn't expected a Legendary contracted spirit to be fishing.